A woman wondering who she really is goes in search of a father she never knew --- only to find something far more complicated than she ever expected --- in this moving and hopeful novel of self-discovery for readers of AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE.

A woman wondering who she really is goes in search of a father she never knew --- only to find something far more complicated than she ever expected --- in this moving and hopeful novel of self-discovery for readers of AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE.

A woman wondering who she really is goes in search of a father she never knew --- only to find something far more complicated than she ever expected --- in this moving and hopeful novel of self-discovery for readers of AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE.

Examining freedom, prejudice, and personal and public inheritance, SANKOFA is a story for anyone who has ever gone looking for a clear identity or home, and found something more complex in its place.
 
Anna is at a stage of her life when she's beginning to wonder who she really is. She has separated from her husband, her daughter is all grown up, and her mother --- the only parent who raised her --- is dead.

Searching through her mother's belongings one day, Anna finds clues about the African father she never knew. His student diaries chronicle his involvement in radical politics in 1970s London. Anna discovers that he eventually became the president --- some would say dictator --- of a small nation in West Africa. And he is still alive.

When Anna decides to track her father down, a journey begins that is disarmingly moving, funny and fascinating. Like the metaphorical bird that gives the novel its name, SANKOFA expresses the importance of reaching back to knowledge gained in the past and bringing it into the present to address universal questions of race and belonging, the overseas experience for the African diaspora, and the search for a family's hidden roots.

Told from alternating perspectives, WE ARE NOT LIKE THEM is an evocative and riveting novel about the lifelong bond between two women, one Black and one white, whose friendship is indelibly altered by a tragic event.

Told from alternating perspectives, WE ARE NOT LIKE THEM is an evocative and riveting novel about the lifelong bond between two women, one Black and one white, whose friendship is indelibly altered by a tragic event.

Told from alternating perspectives, an evocative and riveting novel about the lifelong bond between two women, one Black and one white, whose friendship is indelibly altered by a tragic event --- a powerful and poignant exploration of race in America today and its devastating impact on ordinary lives.

Jen and Riley have been best friends since kindergarten. As adults, they remain as close as sisters, though their lives have taken different directions. Jen married young and is finally pregnant after years of trying. Riley pursued her childhood dream of becoming a television journalist and is poised to become one of the first Black female anchors of the top news channel in their hometown of Philadelphia.

But the deep bond they share is severely tested when Jen’s husband, a city police officer, is involved in the shooting of an unarmed Black teenager. Six months pregnant, Jen is in freefall as her future, her husband’s freedom and her friendship with Riley are thrown into uncertainty. Covering this career-making story, Riley wrestles with the implications of this tragic incident for her Black community, her ambitions and her relationship with her lifelong friend.

Like Tayari Jones’ AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE and Jodi Picoult’s SMALL GREAT THINGS, WE ARE NOT LIKE THEM explores complex questions of race and how they pervade and shape our most intimate spaces in a deeply divided world. But at its heart, it’s a story of enduring friendship --- a love that defies the odds even as it faces its most difficult challenges.